Friday, May 28, 2010

Open-Source and Free Software Tools

1. Website Vulnerabilities and Nikto

Nikto is an Open-Source Web Server vulnerability scanner that performs comprehensive tests for over 6,100 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, Checks for outdated versions of over 950 Servers and for version-specific problems on over 260 Servers. This article outlines a scenario where Nikto is used to test a company's Web Server for vulnerabilities...

2. Bandwidth Throttling with NetEM

NetEM (Network Emulation) provides functionality for testing protocols,by emulating the network properties of wide-area networks. This article describes the use of NetEM in benchmarking the performance of a Web application,simulating Internet-like speeds on a Lan

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